David K. Lewis, a chemistry professor at Colgate for more than 25 years who now teaches at Connecticut College, has been awarded the American Chemical Society鈥檚 Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution.
Shujing Wang 鈥12 and Daniel Michev 鈥14 were both excited and nervous when presenting the results of their summer research projects to a classroom full of students last week.
It鈥檚 hard to imagine the common earthworm as an 鈥渁lien invader,鈥 but those near Colgate are not native to North America, and it鈥檚 been found that they could be harmful to the environment.
When Bharadwaj Reddy 鈥12 chose to attend Colgate from India, he thought he would spend four years without ever hearing or speaking Telugu, his native tongue, to anyone on campus. But during his sophomore year he found Srikar Gullapali 鈥13, a friend and colleague who not only speaks his language, but has similar goals in [鈥
An independent study project that student-athlete Wade Poplawski 鈥11 worked on with economics professor Michael O鈥橦ara has turned out to have timely implications.
Kirsten Lalli 鈥11 and Caroline Komanecky 鈥12 are wading in the middle of a shallow, rocky stream on the outskirts of the remote village of Buhoma, Uganda.
The Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute recently awarded grants supporting collaborative research teams led by Colgate faculty members who will combine their expertise from across disciplines to address questions in science and mathematics.
A grueling ascent of the 9,400-foot summit of Lonquimay volcano in Chile provided spectacular views, important data collection, and a fun slide down the volcano鈥檚 glaciers for about 20 students on an extended study course. The volcano was one of five visited during winter break by students who are taking Professor Karen Harpp鈥檚 Geology 420: [鈥
Waving peace signs in the air and repeating choruses of 鈥淚鈥檓 鈥楢鈥 African,鈥 students and faculty hardly looked like they were gathered in Love Auditorium to learn anything. Yet they were treated to a unique and original lesson in evolutionary biology 鈥 in rap format.